2019 Tamil Nadu Assembly By Election For 18 +4 Constituencies Thursday April 18,2019 & May 19,2019

By-elections on the 18 assembly seats in Tamil Nadu will decide the fate of the AIADMK government led by E Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam

 The 234-member assembly has 22 vacancies, 18 of them due to disqualification of rebel lawmakers who have joined the team of TTV Dhinakaran.

Along with the 2109 Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Election scheduled to be held on Thursday April 18,2019 , a sort of mini Assembly election is also being held with the conduct of by-elections for 22 Assembly constituencies in two phases. While voting for the by-elections is on in 18-Assembly seats on Thursday April 18,2019 in Phase 2 , the polling for the remaining four seats for the bypolls will be held on May 19,2019 in Phase 7

While 18 of the 21 constituencies had fallen vacant following the disqualification of dissident AIADMK MLAs; Thiruvarur and Tirupparankundram fell vacant after the death of M. Karunanidhi (DMK) and A K Bose (AIADMK). In Hosur, a vacancy was created due to the disqualification of former Minister Balakrishna Reddy following his conviction in a rioting case. 

The 18 Assembly Constituencies that goes to polling on Thursday April 18,2019 in Phase 2

1. Poonamallee
2. Perambur
3. Thiruporur
4. Sholingur
5. Gudiyatham (SC)
6. Ambur
7. Hosur
8. Pappireddipatti
9.  Harur (SC)
10. Nilakottai (SC)
11. Thiruvarur
12. Thanjavur
13.  Manamadurai (SC)
14. Andipatti
15.  Periyakulam (SC)
16.  Sattur
17. Paramakudi (SC) and 
18. Vilathikulam.

 The 4 Assembly Constituencies that goes to polling on May 19,2019

1. Ottapidaram
2. Aravakurichi
3. Tiruparankundram and 
4. Sulur

Candidates details for the 22 constituencies

Constituency	AIADMK	DMK	MNM	NTK	AMMK
Poonamallee	G. Vaithiyanathan	A Krishnaswamy	A. Jagadish Kumar	P Bharathi Priya	T A Elumalai
Perambur	R S Raajesh	R D Sekar	U Priyadarshini	S Merlin Suganthi	P Vetrivel
Thiruporur	S Arumugam	L Idhayavarman	U Karunakaran	S Mohana Sundari	M Kothandapani
Sholingur	G Sampathu	A Asokan	A Malayarajan	P Gokula Krishnan	T G Mani
Gudiyatham (SC)	R Moorthy	S Kathavarayan	S Venkatesan	R Kalaiyenthri	C Jayanthi Padmanabhan
Ambur	J Jothi Ramlinga Raja	A C Viswanathan	A Kareem Basha	N Selva Mani	R Balasubramani
Hosur	S Jyothi	S A Sathya	Jeyapal	Rajasekar	Pugazhendi
Pappireddipatti	A Govindasamy	A Mani	M Nallathambi	S Sathish	D K Rajendran
Harur(SC)	V Sampathkumar	C Krishnakumar		P Thileep	R Murugan
Nilakottai (SC)	S Themozhi	C Soundarapandian	C Chinna Durai	A Sangili Pandian	R Thangadurai
Thirivarur	R Jeevanandham	K Poondi Kalaivanan	K Arun Chidambaram	R Vinothini	S Kamaraj
Thanjavur	R Gandhi	T K G Neelamegam	P Durai samy	M Karthi	M Rengasamy
Manamadurai (SC)	N Sivasankari	K Kasilingam			S Mariappan Kennedy
Andipatti	A Logirajan	A Maharajan	G Alagar Samy	Aruna Devi	R Jeyakumar
Periakulam(SC)	M Mayilvel	S Saravanakumar	Prabhu	Shobana	Kathirkamu
Sattur	M S R Rajavarman	V Srinivasan	N Sundarraj	P Suresh Kumar	S G Subramanian
Paramakudi(SC)	N Sathan Prabhakar	S Sambathkumar	A Shankar	Hemalatha	Dr S Muthiah
Vilathikulam	Chinnappan	Jeyakumar	Natarajan	M Kalidoss	Jothiman